Megan hails from Ōtākou and is of Kāi Tahu and Te Ātiawa descent. She lives at Ōtākou with her husband and three children.

Megan is working towards completing her PhD on the contributing factors to the death of the Māori language at Ōtākou. Her research interests are focused on the loss of te reo Māori at Ōtākou, traditional mōteatea and new waiata composition, takiaue (death and māori customs pertaining to the dead), and the written Māori archives of the past that have a particular geographical focus on her tribal region of Kāi Tahu.